UFC star who ‘loves’ Trump ‘completed with politics’ – Sports News
Colby Covington declared “loyalty is never rewarded” after he was left off the UFC White House card.
During the principle card of UFC 326, which featured Max Holloway taking up Charles Oliveira, Dana White shared the cardboard for the occasion dubbed “Freedom Fights 250 — The White House.” Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje have been slated for the principle occasion, whereas Alex Pereira versus Ciryl Gane would be the co-main occasion.
The UFC White House occasion is hotly anticipated and has been talked about since Donald Trump introduced the potential staging of a one-off card final yr. Covington claims to have a close relationship with Trump and had been pushing to be included on the UFC’s White House card.
Ahead of his ‘Real American Freestyle’ bout in opposition to Dillon Danis on March 28, Covington revealed he hopes to remain out of politics. His makes an attempt to lean into politics have clearly not paid off in his eyes.
“You know, I love Trump, he’s a great guy, but I’m not really political,” Covington stated. “In the future, you won’t see me campaigning or actively involved in politics. I don’t want to be a part of it anymore. It’s a dirty game, and loyalty is never rewarded.”
He added: “My dream before was to be the governor of Florida, a senator, a congressman. Nah — now I just want to do business with Real American Beer, RAF, and mind my own business in peace.”
“It’s p—poor at best,” Covington stated. “I think the fans have said it. I think the fans have spoken. The fans said they hate it. It’s a terrible card.
“They promised six or seven title fights. They have one title fight and an interim title fight that they just put together at the last minute. The thing was just so disorganized. They put it together at the last minute. There wasn’t any high-ranking American fighters.”
Covington has a 17-5-0 file. His final struggle was back in December 2024, when he misplaced to Joaquin Buckley at UFC on ESPN. He got here up short through third-round KO/TKO.
Bo Nickal is presently scheduled to struggle Kyle Daukus on the White House card, however he appeared keen to back out of the struggle with a view to tackle Covington. Nickal wrote on social media: “Colby, I haven’t signed a contract yet. We can still make this happen. In all honesty I do think you deserve to be on the White House card. If you want to fight we can both call Hunter together and make it happen.”
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